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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4180, 3 January 1885, Page 2

The new Impounding Act is iv force and the Wahnata Road Board give notice that they are " going for " any stray animals. The Omapere leaves Napier at 4 p.m. on Mouday, and may be expected here early on Tuesday morning. The Rus3ell left for Napier last evening. She returns to-morrow, and leaves for Auckland with stock on Monday afternoon. Dui'ing the quarter ending 31st December 312 summonses were issued at the R M. Court. Eight distress warrants and two warrants of commitment were executed. Soventy-uioe criminul cases were heard. The civil fees amounted to £227 7s, the criminal to £11 163, and the fines to £78 13s. TheR.M. Court offices were opened yesterday after the holidays. There was a rush of five to take out summonses. Will it be believed that four of the summonses issued were against a lawyer and the other one against a native ? Is this a good or a bad indication ? Cau the clients now be going to have an inniugs ? During the past half-year 5.7 patients have been treated in the Hospital. Three deaths have occurred — one from dropsy, one from consumption, and one the result of an accident. There are at present 11 patients in the Hospital, several of whom are Buffering from low fever. In connection with the death of Mrs Richardson, it may be mentioned that the watch which was mis3ed h-s been found amongst the effects of the deceased at Mr Tutchen'a residence,

There are rumors as to a probable amalgation of legal firms in the town. There was no buaiuess at the R.M. Court to-day. The Manapouri arrived from Auckland at 12 30 p.m. The passenger launch leaves at 5 o'clock. Early this week Mr Valpy, while working in the bush, was bitten oy a small black spider. About eight hours afterwards the arm became very much swollen, and Mr Valpy has not been able to use it since. Mr Wardell writes : — " Will you oblige me by n entioniug that my appointment as Resident Magistrate was made in the colony, not in England as stated, and that the names of Mrs U'Ren and Mis Tarr are omitted from your list of th>? immrs of European women then in the district." The followiug letter, in answer to one from the Gisborne Rowing Club, has been received from the Napier Rowing Club :— " Our club is most anxious to meet your club in a friendly contest on your water, but the best boats we possess are sliding- seat clinker practice-gigs, which would give us uo show against carvels. Judging by a telegram received from Mr Ratcliffe that you have no boats similar tn ours, we would ask if you could leud us a boat equal to the one in which you will pull? If not, can you suggest some way in which to equalise matters ? The early part of March would bo the most suitable time for our crew to visit you. Would that suit your club ? The Union Club will endeavor to send a crew also ; — they have a carvel boat." It lias been decided to let the Napier men have a boat in all respects equal to the one the. Gisborne men will row in. The Rowing Club will practice to-night with their new clinkerbuilt string test four-oared gig. When the Government announced as they did a week ago, that they can make a saving of £100,000 a year by greatly diminishing the survey dopartment, the publib joy is likely to be tempered by the public apprehension lest the surveys may suffer. If Mr Bailance succeeds in mViung the estimated reduction, without impairing the efficiency of a most important service, his success wiH be great indeed. It may he a strong condemnation of former administrations but not necessarily so. It may be so. The success may, on the other hand, be only the result of, first, a new system of Local Government ; and second, a completion of work of many kinds not recurring. Time will settle alt these questions. For the present it is satisfactory to see such evidence of an energetic determination to reduce the gigantic burden of the public charges. — Canterbury Times.